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Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans.These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
Annakacygna is a genus of flightless marine swan from the Miocene of Japan.Named in 2022, Annakacygna displays a series of unique adaptations setting it apart from any other known swan, including a filter feeding lifestyle, a highly mobile tail and wings that likely formed a cradle for their hatchlings in a fashion similar to modern mute swans.
Otori (おおとり, Ōtori), also transliterated Ootori and Ohtori is a Japanese word meaning "large bird," "a key performer," [1] or a Japanese name. Written forms [ edit ]
Goose breeds are usually grouped into three weight classes: Heavy, Medium and Light. Most domestic geese are descended from the greylag goose (Anser anser). The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob. [1]
The swan goose is large and long-necked for its genus, wild birds being 81–94 cm (32–37 in) long (the longest Anser goose) and weighing 2.8–3.5 kg (6.2–7.7 lb) or more (the second-heaviest Anser, after the greylag goose A. anser). The sexes are similar, although the male is larger, with a proportionally longer bill and neck; in fact the ...
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anseranatidae The family contains a single species, the magpie goose.It was an early and distinctive offshoot of the anseriform family tree, diverging after the screamers and before all other ducks, geese and swans, sometime in the late Cretaceous.
d3sign/Getty Images. 26. Mona. This feminine moniker of Italian origin means “aristocratic,” but in Old English it translates to “moon.”. 27. Cressida. Cressida is a feminine name that ...
The Chinese is an international breed of domestic goose, known by this name in Europe and in North America. Unlike the majority of goose breeds, it belongs to the knob geese, which derive from Anser cygnoides and are characterised by a prominent basal knob on the upper side of the bill. It originates in China, where there are more than twenty ...